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82% of Consumers Do Not Use Telehealth, Survey Says
According to a report sponsored by Avizia, most consumers are not taking advantage of telehealth options. Avizia, a telehealth provider based in Virginia, sent out two surveys in March 2017 to get a feel for the current use rates among consumers and healthcare professionals. One survey was sent to consumers and...
Crossing Boundaries
In a recent article for The Daily Star, Shahriar Rahman interviewed Ian Kazi Shakil, founder/CEO of Augmedix. Augmedix, a McKesson Ventures portfolio company, uses Google Glass technology to give providers more time to focus on patient care. By taking on documentation and administrative tasks through a system of...
VC-backed GRAIL Appoints Cook as CEO
GRAIL, Inc., a McKesson Ventures portfolio company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, announced on December 14th the appointment of Jennifer Cook as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 2nd, 2018. Bill Rastetter, the interim CEO since August 2017, will continue as the chairman of the...
No Ordinary Christmas
British writer Beth Britton will be spending Christmas with relatives in South Africa. But things this year will be different than they have been before, because one of her relatives is suffering from dementia. Britton has been writing about dementia and supporting families in which a member has dementia ever since...
Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Launches New Startup Focused on Urban Health
Google’s Sidewalk, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is launching Cityblock, a startup focused on creating a sustainable model of urban health. The startup plans to address health disparity in lower-income urban areas by providing preventive medicine and access to mental health and social service resources. The program is...
Survey: 90% of patients seek to validate provider referrals on their own
A new report from Kyruus shows that patients are taking on a more active role in finding providers. Kyruus surveyed 1,000 consumers for its 2017 Patient Access Journey Report, and found that 90 percent of patients who received a provider referral conduct additional research afterwards. These findings suggest that...
Five Visionary CEOs Share How AI and Digital Will Shape Our Future
Forbes contributing writer Robert Reiss recently interviewed five forward-thinking CEOs whose companies are transforming their fields: Graham Gardner, M.D., Co-founder and CEO of Kyruus; Jim Barnett, Co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of Glint; Lixin Cheng, CEO of ZTE Mobile Devices; Andy Ory, Co-founder and CEO of 128...
Oswego Health to Kick Off New Telemedicine Program, Care OnDemand
Care OnDemand, Oswego Health’s new program enabling virtual doctor’s visits, is set to launch before year’s end in Oswego County, New York, thanks to a $35,000 gift from the Richard S. Shineman Foundation. With Care OnDemand, Oswego residents will soon be able to receive health care and medical advice from the...
Do Employee Health Plans Need a Shot In the Arm?
Research from Accenture shows that 82 percent of employed people believe their employers or health plans should provide health and wellness programs. However, these programs are falling short of employees’ needs and expectations. One key finding of Accenture’s research is that awareness and utilization of health and...
Early Cancer Detection Startup GRAIL Closes on $900 Million in Series B Funding
In March 2017, life sciences startup GRAIL announced that it had raised $900 million in Series B funding. The newly acquired investment capital puts GRAIL one step closer toward its goal of developing a blood test that can detect early signs of cancer. Founded in 2016 by genomics company Illumina, GRAIL uses...
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